The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-08-31
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Two tramps at Maple Grove, ILL.,, seized
Mrs. Hitler, while her sons were absent.
and threw her into c!stcrn twelve 1eet
deep. They then ransacked the house ana
stole 81 ,520. Mrs. Hitler was rescued by
| her SONS On their return. but 1t is feared the
| shock from the brutal treatment she re-
ceivcd may result fatally.
The Canadian fisheries department mas
received information of the seizure OF more
Canadian sealing vessels in the North Pa
ciiic Ocean by United States cruisers IL
IS learned that the commanders OF Cnllcu
States cruisers in the Alaska service have
been ordered to seize all sealing vessels
found in Behring's Sea.
| A call has been issued by the leading
| representatives OF the Knights OF Labor
! assemblies, trade unions, land and labor
| clubs. union labor Cubs. and other similar
/ organizations throughout MaSsachuset's,
for g State convention. TO be held N BoS-
ton on September 10Th, for the purpose OF
nominating full State labor ticket.
Bayl;ss W. Hanna, United States Minis
ter to the Argentine Republic, recently
called on President Cleveland at Oak View
and was delighted with the simplicity OF
the Presidents present life. lie says:
The President looked like farmer in love
with his business when | presented myself
to him. Now look out for howl about
! C?evclands designs on the Granger vote.
Murat Halstcad whites that he has spent
| two DAYS in close examination of the battle
fields west Of Metz and processes himself
unable to make out the positions which he,
Moncure D. Conway and Won Molthe oc-
cupied seventeen years ago. ''In fact, he
adds, 'the lines Of battle are not what |
! had supposed them to be when a spectator,
so that contemporary history may have to
be rewritten.
Sam Jones told an audience at Round
Lake, n. y, Il can get along with an old
sinner; I can bear patiently with q poor
drunkard: but when church member be-
gins to apologize for his meanness ard gets
mad because he is tod of his faults, it
makes me sick at my stomach. If airy Of
YOU get mad at what | am saying just come
up Ike gentlemen and ask my pardon and
III forgive you. Nobody apologized.
Adolph Sutro is to present to the city
Of San Francisco. for erection in the harbor
there. statue Of the Goddess of Liberty
holding an electric torch in her uplifted
hand. The figure and pedestal will be 40
feet high, of stone quasricd on the San
| Miguel rancho, and will be placed on the
higher of the Twin Peaks. so that the light
will be 1000 feet above the level of the bay
and visible far out on the Pacific.
! Professor S. P. Langley, who was Pro-
fessor Baird's assistant, is mentioned as his
probable successor in the Office Of secretary
of the Smithsonian institution. Professor
Joseph Henry was the first and Professor
Baird the second incumbent of that office.
| Professor Baird built up the fish commits
sion and was 50 proud of it that he refused
to receive any salary for his services as fish
commissioner.
Forty wears ago there was but one yacht
club in the United States. To-day We have
eighty clubs and :, G2l yachts. In 1S44 We
had q merchant marine which carried our
fac to all the seas To-day our trade is
done in foreign bottoms, and the American
colors are very rarely seen on the high seas.
We had better sell 4 few of our yachts and
invest in merchantmen. We have dudes
enough on land.
4 dozen gentlemen, constituting com
mittee of Western and Southern tobacco
men. are in Washington protesting against
the damage done the market value of the
crop by too high estimates. They claim
that the departmental estimates Of the area
planted are far TOO high. The matter is
still under consideration. Commissioner
Coleman and Statisticlan Dodge were pres
ert Yesterday The committee claims that
the untrustwcrthincSs of the department
correspondents are responsible for the state
Of affairs.
Ex-senator Ferry, Of Michigan, who is
now never heard of, was once the most i'm
portant individual in the United States.
He was president of the Senate when the
election Of Mr. Tildea was disputed. The
Senate claimed the right of its presiding
officer to determine which were the legal
returns from State The eyes Of the ma
ton were Oh Fe ry then. In 1882 he failed
in business for 81, 500, 600. The next year
he WIS defeated for the Senate. Since that
time he has fallen from notoriety, but he
has worked hard, and paid of over 81 200,
600 Of debts.
RaSsia won the honors in the compcti-
ton Of civilized nations as to which should
obtain the best observations of the total
eclipse OF the sun last Friday. All the OBJ
scrvation parties made elaborate prcpara-
tions and expended large sums of money to
have everything ready for good look at
the obscured majesty of the day king.
When the morning dawned dark and
cloudy they were all in despair-all save
an aged Russian astronomer named Men
delicT. He was prepared for any emer-
gcncy. The other learned professors were
Surprised to see him rig up big balloon
and calmly rise above the clouds. He re-
mained up there several hours and obtained
perfect views Of the eclipse. Mendelietf
deserves q II edal